Improvement in watch and locket cases



1. GKONVALINKA.

Watch and Locket Case.

Patented July 24, I866,

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UNITED STATES JOSEPH G. KONVALIN'KA,

PATENT OFFIGE.

0F ASTORIA, NEW YORK.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 56,575, dated J uly 1866.

To all u-llom it may mm:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH G. KONVA- 11mm, of Astoria, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Watch and Locket Cases; and I do hereby declare that the following is a filll and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The subject of my improvement isa certain mechanism for the operation of the springcap of the case.

The mechanism that has hithertobeien in general use for thispurposeconsists 0 two mesprings, which are hidden inside the case. 'fllesitnationandonofthosesprings causeconsiderahle inconvenience andtrouble,

to obviate which is theobjmtoithisimprove ment.

.lJic principal ty of my improvement in applying the for whichamhiddcniusidcthecase.

Figurelisafmntclevafiouofthccase. FigsZand 3areside elevationsofthcease,

ofwhiehl igtirepresentsfllc Patent, of whatever material these parts may be made.

A is a pin fastenedto thefi-ame orrim B of the case. C is the head of the pendant or handle. This head is movable; it slides up and down.

D is a spring coiled around the fix-pin A and inelosed within themovable head 0. Said spring-serves thepurpose to pres the headC down-i. c., toward the case.

At the top of the pin A is screwed or other wise fastened the top-piece or knob E. This top-piew keeps down the spring D, and serves as a push-knob. v

Fisacross-pin which passes through the topofthe pinAand throughthe'knobfiin order to keep said knob securely in its posi- AtthefootoftheheadCisthecatehG,whid| servesthcpurposetoloek thceapHwhenit is shut.

If the F saidsprh gtoslide cneath. T

P mflleheadofascleworrivet. Wheuthe ca limmownu momaotfle pmg strikes against said headP, and thus prevents the cap from opening too far, and protects the joint of the cap against breaking.

What 1 claim as new and of my invention, and desire to secure by Ietters Patent, is-- 1. The movable head 0, fitted or mounted on a fix-pin A, substantially as andfor the above specified.

2. The spring D, in combination with the movable head 6 and fix-pin A, and operating substantially as and for the purpose above 3. The mteh Gr, when it is movable-4'. 6.,

-t,heeapfl,substantiallyasand sliding up and downand operating substam tially as and 50 the purpose 4'. The spring 1!, bent externally over the cap H, and operating substantially as and for the above specified.

5. The bridge 0, fastened externally upon for'the pur- Jnm'us J. Unsmee, Jon B. Momns.

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